Permaculturalist Greg Peterson teaches urban farming, proving it’s not the size of the yard that counts!

Greg Peterson is an entrepreneur and permaculturalist who has dedicated his life to changing the food system, starting in his back yard. Greg has a gift for turning his amazing ideas into reality, not letting any fears hold him back. He is the creator of Urban Farm University, where he creates free and paid courses to help everyone everywhere learn how to turn lawns into food – Urban Farming! His incessant positive attitude, contagious except to the most negative of ninnies, steers him on his mission both in-person and online to get real food into real people, making the world more awesome from the inside out.

Greg has lived at the Urban Farm for almost 30 years. His home was Phoenix’s first environmental showcase for urban farming. This 1/3-acre yard features an entirely edible landscape, including over 70 fruit trees, rainwater and greywater harvesting, solar applications, and extensive use of reclaimed and recycled building materials. Greg is a longtime permaculture advocate, flunked out of university in 1981 because he was bored, then went back 20 years later to get a bachelor’s degree and a Masters in Urban and Environmental Planning in 2006. He is a lifelong continual learner. On his days off he hangs out in his garden with his sweetheart Heidi and their chickens, creating new projects and catching some rays.